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IN <br /> Iand my feeling is that water entering Kansas can always be put to beneficial use as <br /> Mr. Pope relayed, and that would be my concern. <br /> ITrujillo: Mr. Brenn? <br /> I Brenn: I concur with Mr. Hayzlett and Mr. Pope. I think I had real concerns looking at <br /> new appropriations without significant study. I also have a question, Mr. <br /> Chairman, <br /> ITrujillo: Go ahead. <br /> IBrenn: As to the criteria Colorado uses to define free water, or free river. <br /> Trujillo: Wendy, do you want to respond to that, or Mr. Miller? <br /> Weiss: I'll take a crack at it, and I may ask Dennis Montgomery to speak up on this one, <br /> too. Normally, our criteria, if it's purely an intrastate criteria, is whether all <br /> Ipriorities on the river calling for water are satisfied. In the case of the Arkansas <br /> River Compact,that becomes more complicated because we also have the concern <br /> of John Martin Reservoir. We have to make a judgment call. First, John Martin <br /> Reservoir would be spilling, and second, do we consider that there is still a <br /> compact call on ... and that does go to the question of beneficial use in Kansas. <br /> ITrujillo: Mr. Montgomery,you want to add to that? <br /> IMontgomery: No, I thought Wendy did a good job. <br /> Trujillo: Does that answer your questions, sir? <br /> IBrenn: Yes, it does. <br /> I Miller: This is Steve Miller. I don't know if this number's been put on the table,but just <br /> checking the gages this morning,the flow at Coolidge is probably 2,500 cfs, at <br /> Garden City it's over 2,000,through Wichita it's 2,000, and at the Kansas- <br /> 111 Oklahoma border it's 4,500 cfs this morning, so that might put in some context <br /> what we mean by free river. <br /> ITrujillo: OK, Mr. Pope and Mr. Evans, what are your wishes as far as proceeding with this <br /> and that of your delegation and your members? <br /> IEvans: Mr. Chairman,this is Peter Evans again, and I would, I guess like to propose that <br /> the Administration approve this resolution with the amendment suggested by Mr. <br /> I Pope. <br /> G:\ARCA\MEETINGS\1999\SP61499A revl.wpd <br /> I19 edited:December 13,2004;printed:December 13,2004 <br /> I <br />